Definitions for Babbage

Babbage Bab·bage

Spelling: [bab-ij]
IPA: /ˈbæb ɪdʒ/

Babbage is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in Babbage (aabbbeg).

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  1. Charles, 1792–1871, English mathematician: invented the precursor of the modern computer.

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From 1828 to 1839 Babbage was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge.

Eventually, as Babbage's vision grew ever more expansive, the government invested over £17,000 ($28,000).

Babbage never had the chance to complete his groundbreaking calculating machine.

In 1815, in February, Mr. Babbage began a course of lectures on Astronomy.

In 1821, Babbage had the idea for his first Difference Engine, the predecessor of the modern computer.

I met him about 1830 at Babbage's breakfast table, and there for the only time in our lives we conversed.

There's the widow Babbage, down to Dock: she always had a hankering for you.

We encamped this night about six miles above Babbage Island.

Babbage, Herschel, Whewell, and Jones set out on massive projects to collect and make sense of vast data sets.

And Babbage dreamed up a machine that could churn through and make sense of this information.

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